Rescue Dada Centre Sponsorship Program

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Key Information

The sponsorship program provides the opportunity of education in secondary school, college or vocational training to a former street connected girls who have passed through Rescue Dada Centre's rehabilitation process. Girls are sponsored to finished the Kenyan Certificate of Primary Education, to pursue vocational courses, or to proceed to secondary education. This program seeks to work with girls who are determined to succeed in education but who are unable to afford school or training fees. The ability of the parents and caregivers to pay education fees is assessed by Rescue Dada Centre staff through a Livelihood Assessment Tool and clearly defined criteria are used to inform decisions about sponsorship need.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Activity URL

https://www.rescuedada.org/sponsorship/

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2000 - 2030

Partner(s)

Archidiocese of Nairobi, Caritas Nairobi

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Misereor IHR Hilfwerk, HORIZONT 3000, Dreikonigsaktion Hilfswerk der katholichen Jungschar

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other

  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Empowerment
  • Mentorship
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • Mothers
  • Other caregivers

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Learning while working

  • Vocational training

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Negotiation skills
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Income-generating activities
  • Reducing/eliminating school fees
  • Scholarships/stipends for school fees
  • Uniforms

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved critical thinking
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Rescue Dada Centre
rescuedadacentre@gmail.com